Digital Cameras (was Re: [Wolves] Re: Wolves Digest, Vol 96, Issue 14)

[roundyz]

On Friday 22 Jul 2005 23:26, Andy Wootton wrote:
> Kevanf1 wrote:
> >On 22/07/05, Adam Sweet <drinky76 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>--- roundyz <roundyz at hotpop.com> wrote:
> >>>Hi all thanks for the responce, I have taken a shine
> >>>to the cannon EOS 350D, just gonna go look at it this afternoon.
> >>
> >>I don't know about Canon cameras but their printers... Make sure you can
> >> use it with Linux.
>
> My camera is the £10 one I suggested to David and Kat recently for a dog
> cam. Both my kids however have very nice 5M Pixel cameras.They've never
> used either with linux so the connection information is only theoretical.
>
> There is no one camera that suits everyone. Decide what you want it to
> do. My kids will both be on art(ish) degrees from September. I got very
> keen on photography about 25 years ago until I realised I had no talent
> and my wife always got better shots with her automatic.
>
> My kids are technophobes so I made the decisions. I thought that they
> would need artistic control so they should be able to choose shutter
> speed and/or aperture and do selective metering. So far this was a
> complete waste of money since the cameras have only been used on
> programmed or automatic and neither of them seem interested in learning
> more about photography. The features that have been used are: cancelling
> flash (for better concerts pictures), video recording, holding focus and
> light metering then moving the camera (or the camera might have been
> fooled by the thing in the centre of the frame). My son found the Pentax
> too small. They both prefer their own. I can see the virtues of both and
> would find a decision for myself really difficult. I hope this helps you
> decide what is important to you.
>
> Pentax 5Si - presents itself as a USB drive.
>
> Advantages - tiny (my daughter carried it down the leg of her suede
> boots when she went out earlier in the year), metal case - strong,
> battery and charger included, remembers when the flash has been turned
> off when power is turned off. I like the SD memory card format and they
> are cheap.
> Disadvantage - tiny so hard to hold, display is exposed so needs a case,
> needs special rechargeable batteries
>
> Canon PowerShot A95 - one of several Canon cameras supported by gPhoto2.
>
> Advantages - bigger so easy to hold and grip with bigger hands. Shaped
> so feels safer in one hand, the display swivels so you can take pictures
> with it held above your head or see yourself in a self-portrait. More
> controls are physical rather than electronic so feels more like a
> traditional camera. Some controls are quicker. Fairly cheap memory cards.
> Disadvantage - too big for a shirt pocket so you are less likely to take
> it everywhere. Charger seperate and extra cost. The Canon charger is
> very expensive and I don't think the electrons can read the badge.
> Memory cards look easier to damage when out of the camera.
> 'Features' - resets flash cancelling when turned off. Is it more
> important to you to avoid  underexposed shots or blinding performers
> when you are forgetful?
> Light for size because made of plastic - so possibly weaker.
>
> There seems a delay with both these cameras. If you press the button
> when you see a facial expression then it may have changed before it gets
> to memory. I don't understand this because the shutter speed is the
> same. Do any of you hardware guys know if the memory have to be readied
> to accept the image?
>
> Boots would transfer quite a few rolls of film to CDs for the price of
> one of these cameras if you can wait for a couple of hours. Shooting is
> free on a digital camera though so you tend to take many more shots but
> print fewer.
>
> Woo
>
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thanks for the responce, I like to fuji7000, I think it's for me.Thanks again 
though...
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Matt 
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